Report - MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 5.77

Does "MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall" work with WordPress 6.6.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2024-09-26 11:04:07 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors
	Looks good! No problems were detected.

Performance

Memory usage: 43.34 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment

WordPress version	6.6.2
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-01-29T13:26:00+00:00
Active installs	200,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/malcare-security/
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Pages 3

MalCare ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=malcare
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=malcare-security%2Fmalcare.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=1e4858ca09
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.587 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

MalCare

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=malcare
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.223 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.197 s
Memory usage	3.42 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.352 s	0.357 s	+0.005 s	3.47 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 39.17 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.212 s	0.243 s	+0.031 s	3.54 MiB	3.58 MiB	+ 38.88 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.821 s	0.634 s	-0.187 s	5.75 MiB	5.79 MiB	+ 43.53 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.649 s	0.509 s	-0.140 s	3.49 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 21.48 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.228 s	0.215 s	-0.013 s	3.41 MiB	3.49 MiB	+ 84.29 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.279 s	0.265 s	-0.014 s	3.4 MiB	3.49 MiB	+ 97.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.217 s	0.208 s	-0.009 s	3.47 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 44.33 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.610 s	0.594 s	-0.016 s	5.75 MiB	5.79 MiB	+ 39.12 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.426 s	0.263 s	-0.163 s	3.41 MiB	3.49 MiB	+ 85.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.268 s	0.445 s	+0.177 s	3.49 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 21.48 KiB
/	0.316 s	0.225 s	-0.091 s	3.45 MiB	3.42 MiB	- 39.21 KiB
Average	0.398 s	0.360 s	-0.038 s	3.88 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 43.34 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	99.2%	12,231	126	75
	SVG	0.8%	103	1	4
Total			12,334	127	79

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	11,766
Total complexity	2,887
Median class complexity	26.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	MCProtectFW_V577
Most complex function	BVDBCallback::process()

Classes	56
Methods	759
Functions	0

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Options `wp_options` 3

bv_default_secret_key
bvActivateTime
mcredirect

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 5.77